Myra Hindley, who went on to become one of the most reviled women of the twentieth century, was the first child of Hettie & Bob Hindley, born on July 23, 1942 in Manchester. Her father experienced adjustment problems on his return from the War, and Myra was sent to live with her grandmother aged 3, when her sister Maureen was born.

She was considered a sensible child growing up, and her capable nature made her a popular babysitter in her teens, with both her charges and their parents. The drowning death of a close male friend when she was fifteen affected her deeply, and she left school shortly after his death, as well as converting to Roman Catholicism.

Brady was her first lover, and she was soon completely under his control, dressing and styling herself to please him and even posing for pornographic pictures.

At 17, she became engaged to a local boy, Ronnie Sinclair, but she decided that she wanted more excitement in her life, and she called off the engagement. She considered careers in the army & navy, as well as work as an au pair in the United States, and even tried a spell working in London, all of which failed to provide that excitement she was looking for. In January of 1961 she met Ian Brady, and her life was transformed.

Following his release from prison in November 1957, Ian Brady took a job as a stock clerk with a Manchester firm, where he met Myra Hindley when she was employed as a secretary in 1961.

Hindley was irresistibly drawn to Brady, seeing romance and intelligence in his aloofness, and she wrote of her intense feelings for him in her diary constantly for over a year, before he finally showed some interest in her.

He eventually asked her out, and he quickly indoctrinated her in his extreme political views, taking her to see the film "The Nuremburg Trials" on their first date, and encouraging her to read works by Hitler and de Sade.

Brady was her first lover, and she was soon completely under his control, dressing and styling herself to please him, accepting his extreme political views, and even posing for pornographic pictures. Encouraged by her unquestioning acceptance, Brady's ideas became even more outrageous, culminating in his instruction to her that murder and rape were the "supreme pleasure."

Family and friends noticed the cumulative effect that Brady had on her, and she became increasingly surly and secretive. Brady tested her blind allegiance by pretending to plan a robbery, and was gratified when she took all the steps necessary to execute the plan, without question. Brady recognized that he had found the soul mate who would assist him to make his perverted ideas, of pain and pleasure, a reality.